Java Reference
In-Depth Information
Interface
PersistenceService
The
PersistenceService
interface offers methods for storing entries on the client side persis-
tently. Entries have URLs as keys. Offers a service similar to the cookie mechanism on Web
browsers.
•Static fields:
int CACHED
(the server has an up-to-date copy of the entry),
DIRTY
(the
opposite of
CACHED
),
TEMPORARY
(the file can be re-created at any moment).
•
long create(java.net.URL url, long maxsize)
Creates a new entry in the persistent cache, with the specified URL as a key and a max-
size size.
•
void delete(java.net.URL url)
Removes the stream associated with the given URL from the client-side data persistence
store.
•
FileContents get(java.net.URL url)
Returns a
FileContents
object representing the file's content.
•
String[] getNames(java.net.URL url)
Returns an array of strings containing the names of all the entries for a given URL.
•
int getTag(java.net.URL url)
Returns an
int
corresponding to the current value of the tag for the persistent data store
entry associated with the given URL. The returned value surrogates are enumerated with
the following possible values:
CACHED
,
DIRTY
,
TEMPORARY
.
•
void setTag(java.net.URL url, int tag)
Associates the given URL with the given tag value, having the following possible values:
CACHED
,
DIRTY
,
TEMPORARY
.
Interface
ClipboardService
The
ClipboardService
interface provides basic interaction (
set
and
get
) with the client plat-
form's Clipboard. It is always assumed that the client system supports a Clipboard.
•
java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable getContents()
Returns a
Transferable
object representing the current contents of the Clipboard.
•
void setContents(java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable contents)
Assigns the current contents of the Clipboard to the given
Transferable
object.
Interface
DownloadService
Offers downloading services to the launched applications.
